CVE-2026-23069

NameCVE-2026-23069
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get_credit() The credit calculation in virtio_transport_get_credit() uses unsigned arithmetic: ret = vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt); If the peer shrinks its advertised buffer (peer_buf_alloc) while bytes are in flight, the subtraction can underflow and produce a large positive value, potentially allowing more data to be queued than the peer can handle. Reuse virtio_transport_has_space() which already handles this case and add a comment to make it clear why we are doing that. [Stefano: use virtio_transport_has_space() instead of duplicating the code] [Stefano: tweak the commit message]
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4476-1, DSA-6126-1, DSA-6127-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.249-1vulnerable
bookworm6.1.159-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.162-1fixed
trixie6.12.63-1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.12.73-1fixed
forky, sid6.18.12-1fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)bullseye (security)6.1.162-1~deb11u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.162-1DSA-6127-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.69-1DSA-6126-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.18.8-1
linux-6.1sourcebullseye6.1.162-1~deb11u1DLA-4476-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/3ef3d52a1a9860d094395c7a3e593f3aa26ff012 (6.19-rc7)

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